Debate Topics

312 debate topics to argue about with friends, family or a class, from the silly to the serious. Pick one to play it, or let Devil's Advocacy draw one at random and split your group into for and against teams.

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  1. Abortion rights should be untouchable in every country! Play
  2. Adults should have mandatory 'play time' to reduce stress! Play
  3. AI should be banned from writing laws! Play
  4. AI should be granted human rights if it becomes self-aware! Play
  5. AI should be legally required to identify itself in every conversation! Play
  6. AI surveillance in all schools should be implemented! Play
  7. AI-generated art is real art! Play
  8. AI-generated influencers should be banned from real brand deals! Play
  9. Air travel should be limited to a personal lifetime quota! Play
  10. Alcohol should carry cigarette-style warning labels! Play
  11. Aliens should be granted asylum if they land on Earth! Play
  12. All advertising aimed at children should be banned! Play
  13. All babies should be assigned a career at birth based on genetics! Play
  14. All drugs should be legalized and taxed! Play
  15. All holidays should be randomized by AI every year to keep life interesting! Play
  16. All MP's should be forced to live on minimum wage for one year! Play
  17. All museums should return artifacts to their countries of origin! Play
  18. All online dating should be government-regulated for transparency! Play
  19. All prisons should be abolished and replaced with education centers! Play
  20. All public transport should be free! Play
  21. All social media should shut down every Sunday! Play
  22. All weddings should be public events with a community vote! Play
  23. Anyone who says 'per my last email' should be fined! Play
  24. Artificial intelligence should be globally regulated before it regulates us! Play
  25. Autocorrect has done more damage to language than slang ever did! Play
  26. Autoplay should be classified as a hostile act! Play
  27. Awards shows should be abolished! Play
  28. Babies should be named by algorithm, not parents! Play
  29. Beauty filters should be banned on social media! Play
  30. Beauty pageants should be banned! Play
  31. Being off-grid should be considered a form of protest! Play
  32. Billionaires should be banned from owning more than one media company! Play
  33. Billionaires should be banned from owning private islands! Play
  34. Billionaires should be taxed into extinction! Play
  35. Birthdays should be celebrated on one national day for everyone! Play
  36. Books should never be adapted into films! Play
  37. Boredom is the secret ingredient to creativity! Play
  38. Bottled water should be banned wherever tap water is safe! Play
  39. Cancel culture is just modern-day mob justice! Play
  40. Canceling student debt is unfair to those who already paid! Play
  41. Capital punishment should be consigned to the history books forever! Play
  42. Cars should be banned from every city centre! Play
  43. Celebrities should stay out of politics! Play
  44. Chatbots should be banned from pretending to have feelings! Play
  45. Cheating in relationships should be criminalized! Play
  46. Chess is a sport, full stop! Play
  47. Child influencers should be banned from all social media! Play
  48. Children should be raised by the state, not by parents! Play
  49. Christmas music before December should be a public order offence! Play
  50. Climate change is a bigger threat than war Play
  51. Climate denial should be considered a punishable offense! Play
  52. Cloning extinct animals is a disaster waiting to happen! Play
  53. Companies should pay royalties to everyone whose data trained their AI! Play
  54. Company profits above a certain level should be split with workers by law! Play
  55. Conspiracy theories are sometimes good for society! Play
  56. Cooking, tax and first aid should be core subjects! Play
  57. Cosmetic surgery advertising should be banned! Play
  58. Countries should have a 'Minister of Memes' to manage online culture! Play
  59. Countries should openly prepare for first contact with alien civilizations! Play
  60. Critics should have to create something before they're allowed to criticise! Play
  61. Cultural appropriation is harmful—not cultural exchange! Play
  62. Deep space missions should require psychological fitness tests for astronauts! Play
  63. Deepfake revenge should be treated as digital terrorism! Play
  64. Democracy is overrated in a world driven by technology! Play
  65. Disease is a bigger threat than war Play
  66. E-sports athletes are real athletes! Play
  67. Emojis should be admissible as evidence in court! Play
  68. Every adult should be required to take a yearly empathy test! Play
  69. Every algorithm that affects your life should be open to public inspection! Play
  70. Every baby should come with a government-funded happiness budget! Play
  71. Every citizen should be required to donate blood—or pay a fine! Play
  72. Every citizen should have to live one year as the opposite gender! Play
  73. Every country should be required to make one completely honest documentary about itself! Play
  74. Every group holiday should have an elected leader with real power! Play
  75. Every household should be legally required to own a board game! Play
  76. Every new building should be required to generate its own power! Play
  77. Every politician should sit a public exam on the laws they vote for! Play
  78. Everyone should be assigned a rival at birth to keep life competitive! Play
  79. Everyone should be forced to take a digital detox week by law! Play
  80. Everyone should be granted a fully paid sabbatical every 10 years! Play
  81. Everyone should be microchipped at birth for security and health! Play
  82. Everyone should have to spend a year living in another country by law! Play
  83. Exams should be open-book or not exist at all! Play
  84. Facial recognition should be used everywhere for public safety! Play
  85. Fame should expire after 5 years—then you're just a regular person again! Play
  86. Fast fashion should be banned for the sake of the planet! Play
  87. Food delivery apps should be limited to reduce climate impact! Play
  88. Free speech should come with a fact-check button! Play
  89. Friendship should come with an exit interview! Play
  90. Fun should be considered a human right! Play
  91. Funerals should be replaced with mandatory life celebration festivals! Play
  92. Genetically designing your future baby’s personality is unethical! Play
  93. Globalization is killing cultural diversity! Play
  94. Governments should restrict certain speech to protect vulnerable groups! Play
  95. Grades should be abolished in favour of portfolios! Play
  96. Group chats should delete themselves after a year! Play
  97. Group projects should be abolished at every level of education! Play
  98. Gyms should be free and funded by the NHS! Play
  99. Handwriting should be dropped from the curriculum entirely! Play
  100. Highly automated companies should pay a 'robot tax'! Play
  101. Human cloning should be legalized for scientific advancement! Play
  102. Human emotions should be taught like math in school! Play
  103. Humanity should abandon cash and go 100% digital! Play
  104. Humans should be required to live one year in nature before adulthood! Play
  105. Humans should fix Earth before colonizing Mars! Play
  106. If a robot can beat you at your job, you don’t deserve that job! Play
  107. If AI can make better music than humans, we should stop making music! Play
  108. If you can’t pass a basic science test, you shouldn’t be allowed to vote on climate policy! Play
  109. If you ghost someone, you should get fined! Play
  110. Immortality is something humans should actually pursue! Play
  111. Influencer culture is more dangerous than violent video games! Play
  112. Influencers should be held legally responsible for bad advice! Play
  113. Influencers should need licenses like drivers do! Play
  114. Internet access should be cut off to people who spread hate speech! Play
  115. It is unethical to create AI replicas of dead celebrities! Play
  116. It's time to tax religious institutions! Play
  117. It’s immoral to spend billions on sports while people go hungry! Play
  118. It’s time to ditch the 5-day workweek forever! Play
  119. Job adverts that hide the salary should be banned! Play
  120. Job interviews should be completely anonymous! Play
  121. Jury duty should be done by AI to eliminate bias! Play
  122. Karaoke should require a licence! Play
  123. Leaf blowers should be banned on noise grounds alone! Play
  124. Life should legally begin at consciousness, not conception! Play
  125. Lobbying should be treated as legalised bribery! Play
  126. Local councils should control their own tax entirely! Play
  127. Long-distance relationships are doomed by default! Play
  128. Lying about your height on a dating profile should void the date! Play
  129. Managers should be elected by the people they manage! Play
  130. Marriage should include all consensual adult relationships! Play
  131. Mass surveillance is more creepy than it is safe! Play
  132. Meat eating should be criminalized by 2050! Play
  133. Meat should be rationed rather than banned! Play
  134. Memes are more powerful than news headlines in shaping public opinion! Play
  135. Memes should be protected as a form of free speech! Play
  136. Mental health days should be legally equal to physical sick days! Play
  137. Meritocracy is a flawed concept that perpetuates inequality! Play
  138. Microdosing psychedelics is a legitimate path to better mental health! Play
  139. Military service should be mandatory for all citizens at age 18! Play
  140. Modern democracy is not compatible with social media! Play
  141. Monogamy is outdated and holding society back! Play
  142. MPs should be banned from having second jobs! Play
  143. Music streaming should pay artists per second, not per stream! Play
  144. National pride is more harmful than helpful! Play
  145. National teams should be picked by public vote! Play
  146. Next-day delivery should be taxed out of existence! Play
  147. No one should be allowed to be famous before the age of 25! Play
  148. Nobody should be allowed to propose in public! Play
  149. Nostalgia culture is making pop culture worse! Play
  150. Nostalgia TV is hurting creativity! Play
  151. Online anonymity should be banned to reduce trolling! Play
  152. Only people with zero criminal record should be allowed to become parents! Play
  153. Open-plan offices are a crime against productivity! Play
  154. Organ donation should be opt-out everywhere! Play
  155. Overtime should be illegal, not just discouraged! Play
  156. Parents should be allowed to genetically enhance their children’s intelligence! Play
  157. Patriotism is fundamentally at odds with globalism! Play
  158. PE should be optional after the age of 14! Play
  159. People over 75 should not be allowed to vote! Play
  160. People should be allowed to marry AI companions! Play
  161. People should be allowed to sell citizenship like NFTs! Play
  162. People should be banned from social media after age 65! Play
  163. People should be fined for having children in overpopulated regions! Play
  164. People should be paid to give up having children for population control! Play
  165. People should be paid to not use social media for a month! Play
  166. People should be required to pass a common sense test before posting online! Play
  167. People should vote with money—not ballots! Play
  168. People who cheat in video games should be banned from the internet for a year! Play
  169. People who don't recycle should be fined like tax evaders! Play
  170. People who hoard wealth should be exiled to floating cities! Play
  171. People who post gym selfies should be taxed extra! Play
  172. People who recline their plane seat should pay the person behind them! Play
  173. People who spread misinformation should have to wear digital warning labels! Play
  174. People who use more than 10 hashtags should be suspended from the internet! Play
  175. Personal opinions should be licensed before being shared online! Play
  176. Platforms should be legally responsible for algorithms that radicalize users! Play
  177. Political campaigns should only be allowed on public transport and nowhere else! Play
  178. Political parties should be banned from advertising online entirely! Play
  179. Prenups should be mandatory for every marriage! Play
  180. Prime Ministers should face a public interview every month! Play
  181. Privacy is dead—and we should stop pretending otherwise! Play
  182. Private jets should be banned outright! Play
  183. Private space travel is just billionaire cosplay! Play
  184. Privatizing the NHS is a shortcut to disaster! Play
  185. Public crying should be celebrated, not shamed! Play
  186. Queue-jumping should carry an on-the-spot fine! Play
  187. Reality TV should be treated as a psychological experiment—and regulated as such! Play
  188. Reality TV stars should not be allowed to run for public office! Play
  189. Recommendation algorithms should be switched off by default! Play
  190. Referendums should need a two-thirds majority to change anything! Play
  191. Religion has no place in modern society! Play
  192. Reply-all should be disabled across the entire internet! Play
  193. Retirement should come in chunks throughout life, not all at the end! Play
  194. Revenge porn should carry a life sentence! Play
  195. Rich countries should take in way more refugees than they do now! Play
  196. Rich kids should be banned from nepotism jobs in politics! Play
  197. Rich people should be banned from space travel until world hunger is solved! Play
  198. Robots should have the right to vote if they pass a Turing test! Play
  199. Salaries should be public inside every company! Play
  200. Saving the environment should come before making money! Play
  201. School homework is outdated and unnecessary! Play
  202. Schools should start at 10am for teenagers! Play
  203. Schools should teach hacking and surveillance to all students! Play
  204. Self-driving cars should always be programmed to protect the pedestrian! Play
  205. Sequels should be capped at three per franchise! Play
  206. Sick days should never require a doctor's note! Play
  207. Smart homes are making us lazy! Play
  208. Smartphones are making us differently smart—not dumber! Play
  209. Space exploration is not worth the money while people are starving! Play
  210. Splitting the bill evenly is always the fairest option! Play
  211. Sports salaries should be capped at 20 times a fan's average wage! Play
  212. Spreading misinformation during emergencies should be criminalized! Play
  213. Standing on escalators should be banned - walk or take the stairs! Play
  214. Students should be taught to spot a scam before they're taught algebra! Play
  215. Sugar should be regulated like tobacco! Play
  216. Supermarkets should be fined for binning edible food! Play
  217. Taking a call on speakerphone in public should carry a fine! Play
  218. Tech companies should have term limits for their CEOs! Play
  219. Technological progress is making inequality worse! Play
  220. The BBC licence fee should be scrapped! Play
  221. The death penalty should be replaced with lifelong VR isolation! Play
  222. The gig economy is just modern exploitation with better branding! Play
  223. The government should be allowed to regulate what we post on social media! Play
  224. The government should pay everyone a monthly 'chill fund' (universal basic income)! Play
  225. The House of Lords should be replaced by a randomly selected citizens' assembly! Play
  226. The internet is just making us better at arguing—not smarter! Play
  227. The internet should be treated as a basic human right! Play
  228. The metaverse is already dead—not misunderstood! Play
  229. The Olympics should have one permanent host city! Play
  230. The right to be forgotten online should be a fundamental human right! Play
  231. The school system should be rebuilt entirely around YouTube and video games! Play
  232. The threat of nuclear war is real—not just Cold War cosplay! Play
  233. The UK is just good at talking about climate change—not actually stopping it! Play
  234. The UK should abolish the monarchy and replace it with an elected 'Head of Banter'! Play
  235. The UK should adopt a proper written constitution! Play
  236. The UK should make a dramatic EU comeback and rejoin the European Union! Play
  237. The UK should stop selling weapons to regimes with bad human rights records! Play
  238. The UK's current immigration policy is doing more harm than good! Play
  239. The UK’s education system is rigged in favor of the privileged! Play
  240. The UK’s voting system is stuck in the past and needs an upgrade! Play
  241. The voting age should be lowered to 16! Play
  242. The word 'literally' should be retired from the language! Play
  243. The world is not ready for another pandemic! Play
  244. The world should adopt one single global government! Play
  245. The world would be better if everyone had to swap countries for a year! Play
  246. Therapists should be replaced by AI for anyone who can't afford one! Play
  247. There should be a global ban on having children without a license! Play
  248. There should be a global ban on small talk! Play
  249. There should be a global day of silence to reflect on tech dependence! Play
  250. There should be a global happiness rating—and countries must compete! Play
  251. There should be a global language, and everyone should learn it! Play
  252. There should be a global limit on personal wealth! Play
  253. There should be a mandatory global nap hour every day! Play
  254. There should be a maximum screen time limit for adults, not just kids! Play
  255. There should be a minimum IQ to run for public office! Play
  256. There should be a national holiday for doing absolutely nothing! Play
  257. There should be a public leaderboard of everyone's carbon footprint! Play
  258. There should be a reality show to decide major political policies! Play
  259. There should be a universal age limit for politicians! Play
  260. There should be limits on how much time kids can spend in the metaverse! Play
  261. There should be mandatory therapy before anyone is allowed to post online! Play
  262. There should be no inheritance—every generation starts from zero! Play
  263. Time travel, if invented, should be made illegal! Play
  264. Time zones should be abolished—we all live on one global clock! Play
  265. Tipping should be abolished and wages raised instead! Play
  266. Today’s global economy is just a bubble waiting to pop! Play
  267. Universal basic income is the solution to the robot job apocalypse! Play
  268. University should be free but far harder to get into! Play
  269. Unpaid internships should be illegal everywhere! Play
  270. Using AI in warfare is moral insanity! Play
  271. Using deepfakes for comedy is okay if no harm is intended! Play
  272. Vaccination should be a condition of using public services! Play
  273. Video refereeing has ruined football! Play
  274. Virtual love is the future of dating—and the end of romance! Play
  275. Virtual reality is the future of education—and the end of attention spans! Play
  276. Voting rights should require passing a current events test! Play
  277. Voting should be done through a secure app to increase turnout! Play
  278. Voting should be mandatory—like jury duty, but with less complaining! Play
  279. VR should replace prison time for non-violent offenders! Play
  280. We are living in a simulation—and it doesn’t even matter! Play
  281. We are too dependent on Google to think for ourselves! Play
  282. We should all have a digital ID that tracks our carbon footprint! Play
  283. We should embrace transhumanism as the next stage of human evolution! Play
  284. We should gamify taxes—pay more, earn perks! Play
  285. We should have a universal 'do not disturb' law after 6 p.m.! Play
  286. We should let AI decide who gets into government! Play
  287. Wedding gifts should be abolished! Play
  288. World governments are totally unprepared for aliens showing up! Play
  289. Writing with AI should be disclosed like a conflict of interest! Play
  290. You should be allowed to divorce your parents at 16! Play
  291. You should be allowed to trade sleep for money in the gig economy! Play
  292. You should be legally required to change careers every 10 years! Play
  293. You should need a license to be on the internet! Play
  294. You should own your own face as intellectual property! Play
  295. Your browsing history should be public if you run for office! Play
  296. Your DNA should decide your job eligibility! Play
  297. Your online data should be treated as personal property with monetary value! Play
  298. Your social media activity should affect your credit score! Play
  299. Zoos should be banned—no exceptions! Play
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